Q3. If you are tracking the CAC 40, which country’s market would you be following?

Ans : Paris Bourse, France.

Q4. IPO is Initial Public Offer, what is FPO?

Ans: Follow-on public offer.

Q5. Which two well-known companies have been removed from the Dow Jones Industrial average in 2009?

Ans : Citibank and General Motors

Q6. Name the author of the book, The Power of Gold: The History of an Obsession.

Ans : Peter Bernstein

Q7. Which company owns the Multi-commodity exchange MCX. This exchange has been recently given permission to set-up an all India stock exchange.

Ans : Financial Technologies.

Technology

Q8. Inspired by Noel Stevenson’s novel Snow Crash, this is a virtual world on the net. In this virtual world, residents interact with each other through avatars and even create and trade in virtual property. Name it.

Ans : Second Life

Q9. What innovation did Prof Sanjay Sharma of MIT do to bring about a revolution in supply-chain management?

Ans; He brought down the cost of RFID tags from $ 2.50 to $ 0.05. RFID tags are fast replacing bar-codes.

Q10. With which innovation is the famous Tamil writer and novelist Sujatha Rangarajan associated with ? He also wrote the script and dialogue for movies like Sivaji and Dasvatharam.

Ans : Electronic Voting Machines. He worked as an engineer with Bharat Electronics Limited, where he worked on EVMs

Ans : Vimal
Q6. Ved Pal Sharma composed music for films such as Souten ki Beti. His most famous creation was for an ad. Identify.

Ans : Nirma. Ved Pal composed the much recalled ‘Washing Powder Nirma’
Q7. Jeevan and Hanu, the kid and the monkey were two cartoon characters that educated kids on which company in the 80s?

Ans : LIC

Q8. Kanwarjit Paintal known for playing Shikhandi in Mahabharat TV serial, appeared in which vintage bulb ad?

Ans : ECE bulbs
Q9. Vicks ki goli lo, khich khich door karo. This ad for Vicks where Jayant Kriplani appeared along with a little girl made Jayant famous. The little girl grew up to be an actress and anchor. Name her.

Ans : Ishita Arun, daughter of Ila Arun

Q10. Cricketer Farokh Engineer and Kishore Kumar have both endorsed which brand now owned by Sara Lee?

Ans : Brylcreem
Q11. Ankita Jhaveri currently based in LA made her mark as a star in Telugu film industry. How did she become darling of millions of people in India, much before she entered the film industry?

Ans : She is the ‘I love you Rasna’ girl.
– Reproduced from Deccan Chronicle